Iatrogenic femoral artery pseudoaneurysms - A review of current methods of diagnosis and treatment

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1310-1316

  Ahmad, F ^a   Turner, S A ^a   Torrie, P ^a   Gibson, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; THROMBIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 55249105659     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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